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"Not to Happy" [leaving England to go to France]
Content Note: Caption from writing on the reverse. Wile leans against the railing of the ship during the trip to Le Havre, France, after completing training in England.
"The crematorium" [Buchenwald]
Content Note: Title from caption on the reverse. Several soldiers and a Jewish civilian stand next to the ovens inside a crematorium. One of the soldiers holds one of the oven doors open. See 06060100PHBU00WILEDE002 for the caption on the reverse of…
"This is the Buchy family--all underground for the Maquis and savers of American lives"
Content Note: Caption from writing on the reverse. Additional caption text: "Luxombourg Gardens Where The German Gestapo had their headquarters for Paris July 1945. All speak & write English." The Buchy family and Wile pose for a group portrait.
"This was one of my darkrooms, Honey, some Nazi officials office."
Content Note: Caption from writing on reverse. Additional caption text: "Check my left hand, and ignore my haircut. This one I took myself just for you. Love, Dennee" Self portrait of Wile standing in a makeshift darkroom. On the righthand side,…
"Wile and Anderson room, the Cairo Hotel, Room 58, [Weston-Super-Mare,] England"
Content Note: Caption taken from writing on reverse of photo. Additional caption text: "21 November 1944. " Five men in Army uniforms sit on a cot. Front row, left to right: Brandli, Curren, colonel's driver. Back row, left to right: Wile,…
American soldiers relax around a piano at a Red Cross Center in Weston-Super-Mare, England
Content Note: Five men and a woman stand around a piano at a Red Cross facility. Arthur Goldberg is plays the piano while the others watch. Taken during training in England.
Army soldiers at Camp Croft in Spartenburg, South Carolina
Content Note: Soldiers stand outside holding their mess kits.
Army soldiers preparing to leave Atlanta, Georgia (1)
Content Note: Soldiers loading their gear into trucks and waiting along a street near Techwood Homes in Atlanta, Georgia. Civilians look on from the sidewalk. Taken after the Army cancelled the Army Specialized Training program at the Georgia…
Army soldiers preparing to leave Atlanta, Georgia (2)
Content Note: Soldiers loading their gear into trucks and waiting along a street near Techwood Homes. Civilians look on from the sidewalk. Taken after the Army cancelled the Army Specialized Training program at the Georgia Institute of Technology,…
Army soldiers travelling to England aboard the SS Sea Owl
Content Note: U.S. Soldiers travelling from the United States to England aboard the liberty ship SS Sea Owl. Back row, left to right: Hobson, Anderson, and Wile. Front row, left to right: Punch, Kusiak, and Thumler.